OhCanada

Yes, that is wise advice, and why I'm holding on to it. I guess it can simply sit in the bottom of my drawer now, I shouldn't feel obligated to do anything with it.

red-warrior

I like the shadow box idea, especially if you add other family photo's and objects!!!

lindaschipper

I would put a picture of her with her braids and the braid of hair in the shadow box with a beautiful old fashioned handkerchief or doily. I think it's a sweet sentiment. Maybe very gently was the braid first.

Debbie C

It may sound a bit morbid to some of you, but just before they closed the casket for the last time, I asked the director for scissors so I could cut a lock of my beloved father's hair. You see, I bought three of those round glass lockerts and divided daddy's thick, beautiful curl into three special memory pieces....one for momma and one for my sister and myself.

Boston1954

That is a terrific idea! I have a tiny lock of my father's hair from when he was about two years. It is nearly blond. When I knew him, his hair was black. Funny how that goes....

Wanabee Quiltin

I have two beautiful containers on my dresser from the 1800's I inherited from an aunt. One of the containers has a hole in the top and it was to hold hair that came from the brush. You take the hair and braid it into a watch fob for your husband so he will remember you. I think if you google this subject, you will find out that there is a great deal of information about it.

regm

I think it's kind of neat. It's certainly a conversation piece. In a shadow box with some other momentoes might be kind of nice.

nativetexan

Oh goodness, yes. That sounds like a wonderful idea. No Yuk here!

Angellight

This thread has made me think a bit.
In our family photo album there is a curl of my hair with one of my "baby" photos. I have always been blessed with very thick hair, and it is a thick curl that I think my mother saved from my first haircut. I was fairly blond as a child, and now I am not. I turned an auburn-ish brown, and now due to help form the hairdresser, I am camouflaged. I was also thinking that there are none form my siblings in there. I don 't know if they were not saved, or one of them took theirs and got rid of them.

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Chasing Hawk

I still have the ponytail my oldest son gave me 20 yrs ago. His hair was almost to his waist when he cut it off.